Aerotop Dave Posted February 19, 2005 Share Posted February 19, 2005 After spraying is it a good idea to cook the pieces in the oven or just let it dry naturally? (won't be doing this until May so ambient temp should be higher). If in oven, what sort of temp? Also, is the answer the same for the laquer coating? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dude Posted February 19, 2005 Share Posted February 19, 2005 STOP where you are and step away from the oven !!!!! DO NOT put the dash in there otherwise it will bend !!!!! the base coatwill dry very quickly and the laquer needs to flow out otherwise it will be very dry , you really should get someone like me or Lovatt to paint it with 2K laquer as it will be much shinier than the 1 pack you will be using . Dude Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aerotop Dave Posted February 19, 2005 Author Share Posted February 19, 2005 I know but it's too expensive and so many people have done it themselves I thought I might as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dude Posted February 19, 2005 Share Posted February 19, 2005 I know but it's too expensive and so many people have done it themselves I thought I might as well. Liam charges £150 start to finish , i charge more !!!! It will take you hours and hours to remove the coating before you prime (etch primer) then prime (filler primer) then flat it with 600 wet or dry then apply basecoat then a good quality laquer then you will need to flat with 2000 wet or dry before trying to polish back to a shine and then wax , thats gonna take you 2 days and at best will look mediocre , it wont hold a shine like 2K material so in a few months it will look cak !!! So 2 days of your time and the material money !!! Id rather pay Liam and get it so it looks right Dude Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lovatt Posted February 20, 2005 Share Posted February 20, 2005 couldnt have said it better myself, dude you wanna be on my PR payrole ? sorry to use supradibbs as an example but ask him what happened after he used cheap paint on his dash, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Hornet Posted February 20, 2005 Share Posted February 20, 2005 I stripped mine out and took it to my local body shop guy I have used for years. Charged me £120 and looks great IMO Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blert596 Posted February 20, 2005 Share Posted February 20, 2005 How hard is it to strip out? Also if I take the car to say Envy, how do I drive it back if it takes more than a day? Am looking at getting the brushed aluminium like Hornets. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aerotop Dave Posted February 21, 2005 Author Share Posted February 21, 2005 But I don't understand this as loads of people *have* done this successfully - witness the two threads about it in the FAQ section (and that's only this site. There's plenty of documented evidence on other sites). I knew getting the coating off was a right git (that's well documented too!) but I wasn't under the impression that the actual painting was that difficult. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Hornet Posted February 21, 2005 Share Posted February 21, 2005 Firstly I agree that My dash looks god damn amazing however Blert, its actually a metallic highly laquered silver finish. Looks much better in the flesh. Stripping the dash out takes about 30 mins the first time you do it, then it only takes 10 mins once you know how. The harder bit is removing all the switches / dials from the back of the panels. Once this was done I took the panels to my spray guy. He said it took him about 2-3 hours to prepare the panels, then he primed them / base coat which dries quickly. Then Sprayed Silver and several coats of laquer. I dropped them off at 8:00am one morning and picked them up 17:30 that night and re-fitted them. so cost me 10 mins of stripping out, a day with panels at body shop, 10 mins putting back in all for £120 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supradibbs Posted February 21, 2005 Share Posted February 21, 2005 To true i fell into the trap "i will have a go myself it will be cheaper" forget it mate really aint worth it in the long run give it to Liam hes work is the nuts but hey iam a little bias Will have mine back soon will post some pics Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blert596 Posted February 21, 2005 Share Posted February 21, 2005 Damn, only problem now being that as I only have the one motor I cant get back if I take it down to Envy to do. (I wanna change the dials and lighting as well). This keeps gettin worse...surely there must be somewhere around Glasgow that deals with Supras and are reputable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aerotop Dave Posted February 25, 2005 Author Share Posted February 25, 2005 Here, I knew I'd seen it somewhere: http://www.mkivsupra.net/vbb/showthread.php?t=20767&page=1&pp=10 Dangerous Brain's post, third from bottom. Oven at 60'C. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeeT Posted February 25, 2005 Share Posted February 25, 2005 Here, I knew I'd seen it somewhere: http://www.mkivsupra.net/vbb/showthread.php?t=20767&page=1&pp=10 Dangerous Brain's post, third from bottom. Oven at 60'C. i stuck mine in the airing cupboard overnight. i didnt fancy putting it in the oven Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dangerous brain Posted February 25, 2005 Share Posted February 25, 2005 Yup I cooked mine in the oven at 60. People have also cooked their lights in the oven and yes most manage to do it without melting them but some have indeed mullered their lights so I can see where dude is coming from by saying don't do it. My oven is a massive double fan assisted thing so i have no issues with anything plastic being too near to an element to cause localised overheating. You don't need to cook the paint but I did it in the summer at my gaff and kept getting stupid thunder flies sticking themselves onto the paint. Putting the panels in the oven surface dryed them faster and placed them in an environment less likely to get insectoids on. I also found that the paint spread a bit better and gave me a better finish. It is a lot of hassle and to be honest if I had the cash I would allready have gotten Liam to do my new cars dash rather than faff with it myself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ambrose7 Posted February 25, 2005 Share Posted February 25, 2005 I have to disagree, with the majority on this. I took mine out, prepped it, painted it, put it back on and it looks the bollocks. i done it all myself and it cost about £10 as i already had some metallic silver left from my FTO dash. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dangerous brain Posted February 26, 2005 Share Posted February 26, 2005 I have to disagree, with the majority on this. I took mine out, prepped it, painted it, put it back on and it looks the bollocks. i done it all myself and it cost about £10 as i already had some metallic silver left from my FTO dash. But you have to admit getting that rubber off is a big PITA Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ambrose7 Posted February 26, 2005 Share Posted February 26, 2005 But you have to admit getting that rubber off is a big PITA lol, theres no doubt about that! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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